TERRA NOVA LEAKING.
SORTING OUT DEFECTIVE SPOTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, November 8. This morning tho temporary bulkhead in the forepeak of tho Torra Nova was completed, and the space waß then flooded with water, with the object of locating tho leak in' tho bow of tho vessel which has been apparent since she left London. It was not long before a fairly largo outflow of water commenced to issue from tho seams of the sheathing on tho starboard side of tho vessel's bow, thus indicating plainly that tho seat of the leak was to be found there. Threo of the iron sheathing plates were stripped off, and tho timber sheathing also removed. The fore peak will again bo flooded, and it is expected that further defective spots will be located without any difficulty. ' . I
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 969, 9 November 1910, Page 7
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135TERRA NOVA LEAKING. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 969, 9 November 1910, Page 7
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